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clothe Belgium 

and 

Northern France 



The New Need of 
the "Stricken Little 
Sister of the World " 



THE COMMISSION FOR 
RELIEF IN BELGIUM 

71 Broadway . - - . New York City 



The Commission for 
Relief in Belgium 

71 Broadway, New York City 



Honorary Chairmen 

The American Ambassadors in London, 
Paris and Berlin; the American Ministers 
in Brussels and at The Hague; the Spanish 
Ambassador in London; the Spanish 
Minister in Brussels ; and the Netherlands 
Minister to Belgium, at Le Havre. 



Chairman 

HERBERT HOOVER 

Chairman of the Clothing Appeal Committee 

HON. OSCAR S. STRAUS 

Membef,t)f 'Yhe Hague Tribunal 

Treasurer 

ALEXANDER J. HEMPHILL 

Director 

JOHN BEAVER WHITE 

Bankers 

National City Bank, New York 
Guaranty Trust Company, New York 



;n ^~r>^^ A LETTER FROM 

President Wilson 



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The Following Announcement Appeared in the Leading 
Papers of the United States on November 9, 1915: 

At the request of Herbert Hoover, Chairman of 
the Commission for Relief in Belgium, President Wilson 
has asked a number of prominent Americans to co- 
operate in the work of the Commission in the United 
States. Those asked by the President are Otto T. 
Bannard, S. R. Bertron, Herbert R. Eldridge, A. J. 
Hemphill, Melville E. Stone, Oscar S. Straus and John 
Beaver White. In his letters of invitation the President 
says: 

"Mr. Hoover, the Chairman of the Commission 
for Relief in Belgium, has approached me with re- 
gard to difficulties which have arisen in the conduct 
of that great humanitarian work, in which he feels 
he needs the support of an enlarged committee of 
gentlemen of large experience to co-operate with 
him in settling and conducting the administration 
of the branch of the Commission in the United 
States. 

"I am so much impressed with the importance 
of this institution, on which the lives of so many 
people are dependent, that I venture to say to 
you that I would personally be very much grati- 
fied if you could see your way to join such a 
committee. * * * 

*WOODROW WILSON." 



Three Millions To Be Clothed 



npHIS pamphlet is going to be a little sermon on gratitude, and 
■*■ the text is not a string of words, but a set of deeds. 

When the city of Louvain started to clear out the ruins and 
prepare, some day, to build a newer Louvain, she re-named a 
public square which had carried for six centuries an old Belgian 
name. She called it, *'La Place des Etats-Unis," or, as we 
should say, ''United States Square." At the same time^ other 
Belgian towns began to name squares, streets and avenues after 
our country and our great men. There is scarcely a Belgian 
city now but has a President Wilson avenue, a Lincoln boulevard 
or a George Washington park. The little children of Belgium 
have been making pretty lace squares addressed to "Our Bene- 
factors," or to "The Children of America." 

The Belgians do this because for the last year nearly every 
ounce of bread that feeds them has been received through the 
Commission for Relief in Belgium. 

The barges which bring the wheat and bacon and dried 
vegetables down the canals travel under protection of our flag. 
The officers of the Commission, who receive the supplies and 
see that they reach the Belgians, are young Americans wearing 
the flag in their buttonholes. 

To the Belgian the Stars and Stripes mean bread and meat — 
the outward and visible sign of their physical salvation. 

Do WE DESERVE THE GRATITUDE OF BELGIUM ? In JUSTICE IT 

MUST BE SAID THAT WE DO NOT. Feeding Belgium is a complex 
problem. Part of the people are able to pay. Ways have been 
found to turn Belgian property and securities into cash outside of 
the country. But two million idle working people — and the num- 
ber may rise this winter to three million — have neither money nor 
property. They must be fed from outside. It was thought, once, 
that the United States, the only great nation untouched by this 
war, would attend to this. We did not; the Commission had to 
ask food from the whole world. And up to date our country, 
which is making money, has given only seven cents per capita to 
Belgium, while New Zealand, which is helping bear the burden of 
the war, has given a dollar and a quarter per capita. 

Now comes a chance to deserve the heart-felt gratitude of 
poor little Belgium, and the no less lively gratitude of Northern 
France, which is also dependent on the Commission. There are 
2,200,000 souls being fed and one-third of that number to be 

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clothed in the north of France. Lille, Valenciennes and vicinity 
are the most highly industrialized sections of France and are 
behind the German lines. With complete industrial paralysis and 
the consequent unemployment of a large laboring class, clothes 
and shoes are almost more needed here than in Belgium. The 
Commission had hoped, with all the neutral world, that before 
this winter the end of the war would end their task. But the war 
is going on, and winter is here. The Belgians and the Northern 
French without the Commission would be facing starvation and 
now have to anticipate bitter cold. For, though Belgium is a 
weaving nation, not a loom has worked for fifteen months because 
there is no raw material. Of course, the double blockade prevents 
imports. So for fifteen months no one has had any new clothes. 
The rich and well-to-do can stand this, but not the poor man with 
his one suit, the poor woman with her work-dress and her single 
decent Sunday dress. These people will soon be in threadbare 
rags and tatters. 

Someone must clothe three million people this winter. 
This task will call for about four million dollars in money or in 
new clothes — there are reasons why second-hand clothes, no mat- 
ter how good, cannot be used. 

The Commission are entrusting this re-clothing of Belgium 
to the United States. So we may give cause, real cause, for the 
gratitude of the Belgians. 

HERE, IN SHORT, IS OUR CHANCE TO DO GOOD. 

Read on for full particulars. 




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The Situation 



A Statement Received by the Appeal Committee 
from Herbert Hoover 

Chairman of the Commission forlRelief in Belgium 

We have resolved to come frankly to the American people 
and ask them to clothe the destitute in the occupied areas of Bel- 
gium and Northern France during the coming winter. 

There are nine million people in these areas and of these over 
one-third are now either wholly or partially destitute and are 
today receiving their food either wholly or partially without 
payment. 

We have set up economic measures based on the ability of a 
portion of the population to pay for its food which, with the con- 
tributions of other countries, enables us for the present to find 
the bare minimum of food supplies for the whole nine million 

people, BUT WE HAVE NO RESERVES WITH WHICH TO PROVIDE 
CLOTHING FOR THE DESTITUTE. We NOW PLEAD FOR HELP ON 
THEIR BEHALF. 

Even If They Had Money 

Even if these nine million people had money, they could not 
import clothes, or the raw materials with which to manufacture 
them, through the blockade into an area under military occupa- 
tion. While the better classes have some clothing with which 
they can get along, the destitute are composed of the working 
classes which naturally had little reserves of clothing when the 
war broke out. The only additions they have received since then 
have been the generous contributions from America, Canada and 
elsewhere. By Christmas all the clothing which zve have in our 
various establishments will be exhausted. 

It is a certainty that the undue exposure of underclad men, 
women and children to the bitter winter will greatly increase mor- 
tality. The clothing for these people can be provided only if we 
receive gift supplies for the purpose. WE ARE DEPENDING 
UPON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. 

We have arranged that the cost of transportation of clothes 
from any central point in the United States to Belgium and 
Northern France and of the distribution will be paid for out of 
funds which have been specially provided, so that all the Amer- 
ican contributions will reach the destitute without one cent of 
deduction. 



Only New Material 

In the matter of the character of clothing for these people, 
we are surrounded with a multitude of difficulties. In the first 
instance, the drastic sanitary arrangements made by the Govern- 
ments through whose territory we must pass make the introduc- 
tion of second-hand clothing, especially in the areas of the opera- 
ting armies, where the want will be greatest, practically impos- 
sible. 

We therefore ask frankly for new clothing, and more 
PARTICULARLY FOR UNMADE MATERIAL. Not that the destitute in 
Belgium and Northern France are not intensely grateful for sec- 
ond-hand clothing, but as a matter of necessity we are forced to 
ask only for unworn stuffs. 

It must be borne in mind that those for whom we appeal are 
living under almost total industrial paralysis; that many millions 
of them are idle, and that the cry we have from them daily is, 
"Give us something to do, give us something to work on, so that 
we may contribute to our own support." Therefore if we can 

PROVIDE THEM WITH MATERIALS, THEY WILL MAKE UP THEIR OWN 

CLOTHING. Furthermore, the poor of Belgium and Northern 
France can devise an extraordinary amount of clothing out of a 
given piece of cloth and can work in such materials to patch up 
their own clothing. For this reason we are anxious to secure 
piece goods as far as possible, or, alternatively, unworn made-up 
clothing. 

Noble Workers 

We have established workrooms in all the leading Belgian 
cities. The one in Brussels alone gives employment to over 15,- 
000 people. This clothing is all distributed free through local 
communal committees after they have made a careful investiga- 
tion of the necessities of each recipient. There are today between 
thirty and forty thousand of the noblest and best Belgian and 
French people giving their whole services in the volunteer conduct 
of these local committees, endeavoring with the greatest possible 
devotion and under the greatest strain, to eke out to their utmost 
usefulness the meagre supplies which we are able to furnish. 

What we urgently need is new woolen clothes for men, 
women, girls and boys, woolen and cotton materials for babies' 
clothing, shawls, stockings, jerseys, sweaters, blankets, boots and 
shoes, underclothing, overcoats, petticoats, suits of all descrip- 
tions, and in fact every article in the gamut of warm clothing. 



It seems to us that there must be on the shelves of the stores 
and in the homes of the United States a large amount of rem- 
nant cloth material and new ready-made clothing which would 
be contributed or could be purchased by the various committees 
interested in our work on terms of the greatest possible economy. 
These materials and clothes, remember, need not be fashionable 
nor even tasteful. What we want is just clothes for warmth and 
decency. 

We believe that with the generosity of the American mer- 
chant and manufacturer our local committees, from monies that 
may be subscribed to them for this purpose, can purchase such 
materials at far more advantageous rates than can be obtained in 
any commercial transaction. 

It is our hope that we may have large consignments 
arriving by Christmas, and we do not believe that there is 
any manner in which the American people can better show 
their inherent instinct of philanthropy and kindliness than 
by answering this appeal from millions of helpless, destitute 
people. 



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This and all other piwiuyraphs in the pamphlet are published by the 
courtesy of William C. Edgar and the Northwestern Miller. 



What Is Needed 



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A Rough Estimate of the Clothing Required This 
Winter by Belgium and Northern France 

For Men 

200,000 pairs of shoes, sizes ranging from No. 7 to No. 11 ; 
300,000 shirts; 200,000 pairs of drawers; 200,000 undershirts; 
200,000 jerseys or sweaters; 400,000 pairs socks (wool) ; 350,000 
pairs trousers; 300,000 coats; 150,000 overcoats; 100,000 scarfs. 

For Women 

200,000 pairs of shoes, sizes ranging from No. 3 to No. 8; 
400,000 waists or blouses; 200,000 pairs drawers; 150,000 vests 
or under-bodices ; 400,000 pairs stockings (wool) ; 160,000 petti- 
coats or underskirts ; 200,000 skirts ; 240,000 shawls or woolen 
coats or cloaks. 

For Girls 

100,000 pairs shoes ; 200,000 waists or blouses ; 300,000 pairs 
drawers ; 200,000 under-vests ; 200,000 petticoats ; 300,000 frocks ; 
400,000 pairs stockings (wool) ; 200,000 coats or capes for school 
children ; 100,000 woolen caps, bonnets, etc. 

For Boys 

100,000 pairs shoes; 400,000 shirts; 200,000 jerseys or 
sweaters ; 200,000 combination or union suits ; 200,000 pairs trous- 
ers ; 200,000 coats ; 100,000 coats and capes for school children ; 
400,000 pairs stockings (wool) ; 100,000 caps or hats. 

For Small Children and Babies 

48,000 pairs shoes, and 300,000 woolen garments. 
100,000 blankets are also needed. 

MATERIALS:— The equivalent for any of the above 
garments in piece goods and all kinds of warm woolen goods. 
The people in Belgium would much prefer to have the mate- 
rials with which to make the above garments. There are 
thousands of men and women in Belgium now unemployed, who 
would gladly engage in the work of garment-making for them- 
selves and families, as well as for others. 



How to Help 



Every man, woman and child in the United States can and 
should help : 

1. By buying any of the articles mentioned. 

2. By buying the material with which to make them. 

3. By sending money with which to buy them. 

Send the material, the garments, or the shoes to one of the 
Assembling Depots in your State. Send your cash gift to your 
State Executive. You will find a list of depots and executives 
further on in this pamphlet, as well as full particulars how to 
send. If you are in any doubt you can send money direct to the 
Commission at 71 Broadway, New York City, or materials and 
clothes direct to the Bush Terminals, South Brooklyn, N. Y. Your 
gift will be credited to your State. The main thing is to buy and 
send or give at once. 

If you do this, you will make your own Christmas all 
the happier. 

"A little help is worth a deal of pity." 




''A Miracle of Organization" 

How the work of the Commission for Relief is 
regarded by the various belligerent powers can be 
gathered from the following speech made by Earl 
Curzon, a member of the British Cabinet, at the Lon- 
don Mansion House on October 12, 1915 : 

"You alluded, my Lord Mayor, to the work 
which has been undertaken by the neutral Com- 
mission for Relief, and I believe you spoke no 
more than the truth when you indicated that 
this is one of the most striking achievements 
which we can find anywhere on record. 

"This is the first time in history that a whole 
people has been fed by a private organization. 
The wheat, the flour, the bacon, the rice, and 
the maize, come in the main from North Amer- 
ica and South America. But the task of pur- 
chasing it there, of engaging the shipping and 
transporting it to Europe, of landing it in Hol- 
land, through which it has to go, of preparing it 
for distribution, and of finally distributing it 
amongst the seven millions of people, is under- 
taken by this Commission, of which Mr. Hoover 
is the head. It is an absolute miracle of scien- 
tific organization. Every pound of food and 
supplies is accounted for, and you have the re- 
markable fact that at this day bread is fetching 
no more in Antwerp or Brussels than it is in the 
City of London. And when it is remembered 
that the bulk of the work out there is volun- 
tary work, is work gratuitously given by those 
who take part in it, that again distinguishes it 
from almost any previous attempt of the kind. 

"Hitherto in political history you almost al- 
ways find public relief, on a large scale at any 
rate, associated with extravagance and scandal. 
But in this case, and I think in this case almost 
alone, it has been synonymous with economy 
and efficiency combined." 

Similar generous tributes to the work done for 
Belgium by humane Americans have been paid by 
high German and French authorities. 



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How to Ship to Belgium 



By Parcel Post 

The Commission for Relief in Belgium, headquarters 71 Broadway, 
New York City, has undertaken to transport free of charge, from all points 
in the United States, donations of new clothing or material (woolen) for 
making clothing, destined for the relief of the suffering non-combatants in 
Belgium and Northern France. Since the Parcel Post regulations prevent 
the sending of parcels collect, this free offer of transportation must take 
the form of a return to the senders of the money spent in prepaying the 
postage. If you desire to aid the millions of men, women and children now 
in desperate straits, enclose your donation in a strong package or box, and 
attach securely, addressed to our nearest inland forwarding agent (see list 
on pages 13 and 14), a tag made out as follows: 



(Front) 



(3ack) 



ABC 



PLACE STAMPS HERE 



The Commission for Relief in Belgium 

Care of 

Forwarding Agent 
City 

State 



(From) 

Name of Donor 

Address 

City 

Contents 

Weight Value $. 



State 



These tags can be obtained by applying to any forwarding agent, State 
Committee executive or at the office of the Commission for Relief in Bel- 
gium, 71 Broadway, New York City. 

If you wish to take advantage of our offer to return your postage, add 
on shipping tag in the upper left-hand corner, on the address side of the 
tag, the letter "R," viz., | AB C | R. If the letter "R" does not appear 
we will not return postage paid by you, but will apply same in buying more 
material. Refund will not be made if stamps are placed on package — 
THEY MUST BE ON THE TAG. Under no circumstances put marks 
or messages other than those above given in or on any package. The most 
innocent communication or mark may be suspected of being a military code 
message and prevent the distribution of our entire consignment. 

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Because of the disproportionate expense it involves, the Commission 
cannot undertake to return postage on parcels weighing less than twenty 
(20) pounds. 

By Express 

Through the courtesy of the various express companies, The Com- 
mission has arranged that any contributions may be sent to Belgium or 
occupied France without cost to the donor. To expedite the forwarding of 
contributions, deposit your donation in packages, extra strongly packed, in 
any express company's office, and address the tag, as illustrated on page 11, 
to our nearest forwarding agents. A list of agents is published on pages 
13 and 14. 

Please send on same day to the Commission for Relief in Belgium, 71 
Broadway, New York City, a post card giving date of shipment, office 
where deposited, express company, contents, approximate value, and your 
name and address. Whenever possible, an additional copy of express re- 
ceipts or bills of lading should be secured from the carriers at the time 
shipments are made, one of which should be mailed to this office to facili- 
tate the tracing of shipments and insuring their prompt delivery at point of 
destination. 

By Freight 

Instructions regarding shipping by freight are contained in General 
Instruction Book, No. 4, copies of which can be obtained at the various 
express offices, or from the Commission for Relief, 71 Brc::,lway, New 
York. 

Acceptance and Routing of Donations and Payment 
of Inland and Coastwise Freight 

The Commission has perfected arrangements for one hundred inland 
assembling depots, thus giving facilities in each State for bringing together 
packages by parcel post, express and small (less than carload) lots, and 
their consolidation and re-shipment in carload lots to the most desirable 
seaport to connect with chartered vessels. 

The Commission will furnish free inland transportation in the United 
States on donations of clothing, but only when presented to it at the 
original point of shipment under the following procedure : 

First — When given to the custody of its recognized branch or 
State Committee (at its official depot), who will arrange with the 
Commission for transportation. 

Second — When delivered or sent to one of the many assem- 
bling depots (mentioned below), from which points arrangements 
for transportation will be made with the Commission. 

Third — When consigned and shipped direct to and in the 
name of the Commission for Relief in Belgium from original 
point of origin after arrangement with the Commission for proper 
routing and instructions as to the port required. 



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State Assembly Depots 

Authorized to receive parcel post, express and small freight shipments 
to be made into carload lots for shipment to seaboard : 

Alabama — Magnolia Compress and Warehouse Company Mobile 

Warrant Warehouse Company Birmingham 

Arizona — Pioneer Transfer Company Phoenix 

Arkansas — Terminal Warehouse Company Little Rock 

California — Shattuck & Nimmo Warehouse Company Los Angeles 

Haslett Warehouse Company San Francisco 

Colorado — Benedict Warehouse and Transfer Company Denver 

Connecticut — H. T. Smith Express Company Meriden 

A. Brazos & Sons, Inc Middletown 

Bill Bros. Company Hartford 

Delaware — Charles Warner Company Wilmington 

District of Columbia — Littlefield, Alvord & Co Washington 

Florida — Wiesenfeld Warehouse Company Jacksonville 

Georgia — Belgium Relief Committee, Warehouse, 14 Houston St. .Atlanta 

Idaho — Peasley Transfer and Storage Company Boise 

Illinois — Sibley Warehouse and Storage Company Chicago 

Glynn's Fireproof Storage Cairo 

Indiana — Tripp Warehouse Company Indianapolis 

Iowa — Merchants' Transfer and Storage Company Des Moines 

Ewert & Richter Express and Storage Company Davenport 

Morningside Dray and Auto Company Sioux City 

Calder's Van and Storage Company Cedar Rapids 

Kansas — City Transfer and Storage Company Hutchinson 

Bryan Transfer and Storage Company Wichita 

Kentucky — Kelly Storage and Distributing Company Lexington 

Crutcher Bros. Co., 124 East Main Street Louisville 

Louisiana — Arsene Perrilliat, Press Street Landing New Orleans 

Maine — Henry McLaughlin & Co Bangor 

Maryland — Terminal Shipping Co., 505-507 Keyser Building Baltimore 

B. R. F. Election House, Division Street Salisbury 

Massachusetts — New England Belgian Relief Fund, 426 Boylston St., 

Boston 

Taunton Teaming Company Taunton 

Bay State Storage and Warehouse Company Springfield 

Michigan — Central Warehouse Company Saginaw 

Grand Rapids Association of Commerce Grand Rapids 

Michigan Warehouse Company Detroit 

Minnesota — Boyd Transfer and Storage Company Minneapolis 

Mississippi — Hattiesburg Furniture Company Hattiesburg 

Missouri — Goddard Grocery Company, 413 South Seventh Street. St. Louis 

Springfield Warehouse and Transfer Company Springfield 

Adams Transfer and Storage Company Kansas City 

Montana — Jones Transfer Company Butte 

Foster-Baker Transfer and Storage Company Billings 

Nebraska— Omaha Van and Storage Company, 806 S. 16th Street. .Omaha 
Carter Transfer and Storage Company Lincoln 

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Nevada — Nevada Transfer Company Reno 

New Hampshire — Wood Bros Portsmouth 

New Jersey— Walter H. Rickey, 23 West State Street Trenton 

The Model Storage Warehouse, 54-56 Belleville Avenue Newark 

New Mexico — Springer Transfer Company Albuquerque 

New York — The Commission for Relief in Belgium, Bush Terminals, 

South Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Security Storage and Warehouse Company Albany 

Buffalo Storage and Carting Company Buffalo 

Flagg Storage Warehouse Company Syracuse 

North Carolina — Asheville Transfer and Storage Company Asheville 

North Dakota — Union Transfer Company Fargo 

J. B. Reed Storage and Transfer Company Minot 

Ohio — Buckeye Transfer and Storage Company Columbus 

B. & O. S. W. Warehouse Company Cincinnati 

General Cartage and Storage Company Cleveland 

Toledo Warehouse Company, 1309 Lagrange Street Toledo 

Union Storage Company Dayton 

Springfield Transfer and Storage Company Springfield 

Oklahoma — O. K. Transfer and Storage Company Oklahoma City 

Guthrie Transfer Company Guthrie 

Oregon — Theodore B. Wilcox, Municipal Dock Portland 

Pennsylvania — Union Storage Company Pittsburgh 

Albert Cross, ex-Secretary, B. R. F., Pier 16 Philadelphia 

Erie Storage and Carting Company Erie 

Rhode Island — Merchants' Cold Storage and Warehouse Co., Providence 
Andrews Express and Storage Warehouse Newport 

South Carolina — The Carolina Company Charleston 

Manufacturers' Warehouse Company Sioux Falls 

Manufacturers' Warehouse Company Greenville 

South Dakota — Blue Line Transfer Company Pierre 

Sioux Falls Warehouse Company Sioux Falls 

Tennessee — Nashville Warehouse and Elevator Company Nashville 

Chattanooga Warehouse and Cold Storage Company Chattanooga 

Texas — Texas Warehouse Company, Inc Houston 

Scobey Fireproof Storage Company San Antonio 

Robert Frazier Waco 

Fort Worth Warehouse and Transfer Company Fort Worth 

Western Transfer and Storage Company El Paso 

Dallas Transfer Company Dallas 

Utah — Redman Fireproof Storage Company Salt Lake City 

Vermont — C. H. Jillson Montpelier 

Virginia — Jones & Co Norfolk 

Washington — Carter Transfer Company EUensburg 

Spokane Transfer and Storage Company Spokane 

Eyres Storage and Distributing Company Seattle 

G. F. Trowbridge Walla Walla 

West Virginia — Citizens' Transfer and Storage Company. .. .Parkersburg 

Wisconsin — A. D. Campbell — All Railroad Freight Depots Milwaukee 

Wyoming — Nearest depot in adjoining States. 

The Commission acknowledges the courtesy of the American 
Chain of Warehouses. 

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State Organization Executives 

Alabama — 

Arizona — 

Arkansas — J. S. Pollack, Little Rock. 

California— W. H. Crocker; W. N. Moore, President, Chamber of Com- 
merce, San Francisco. 

Colorado — 

Connecticut — Hon. Simeon E. Baldwin, New Haven; Anson T. McCook, 
50 State Street, Hartford. 

Delaware — David T. Marvel, Dupont Building, Wilmington. 

District of Columbia— Capt. E. J. Dorn, U. S. N., 401 Real Estate and 
Trust Building, Washington. 

Florida ) _-pj. p g^ ^ 5J3 Qj.^^^ fj House, Atlanta. 

Georgia ) ■" ^ ' 

Idaho — Stanley Easton, Kellogg. 

Illinois — Arthur T. Aldis, Monadnock Block, Chicago; Wm. J. Chalmers, 
Edison Building, Chicago; Everett L. Millard, 69 Washington Street, 
Chicago; J. J. O'Connor, Secretary, 112 West Adams Street, Chicago. 

Indiana — Hon. Henry Lane Wilson, Indianapolis. 

Iowa — D. S. Chamberlain, 624 Fleming Building, Des Moines. 

Kansas — C. M. Harger, Abilene; Chas. Dillon, Secretary, Central Bank 
Building, Topeka. 

Kentucky — 

Louisiana — Gen. Arsene Perrilliat, 422 Hibernia Building, New Orleans. 

Maine — C. S. Hichborn, First National Bank Building, Augusta. 

Maryland — Miss Mary B. Shearer, 905 North Charles Street, Baltimore. 

Massachusetts — Charles S. Rackemann. 75 Ames Building, Boston ; Red- 

ington Fiske, 426 Boylston Street, Boston. 

Michigan — Gov. Woodbridge N. Ferris, Lansing; Cliarles B. Warren, 
Detroit. 

Minnesota — E. P. Wells, 432 Security Bank Building, Minneapolis. 

Mississippi — Dr. G. A. Mcllhenny, Forest; T. B. Lampton, Jackson; E. L. 
Bailey, Jackson. 

Missouri — 

Montana — Dr. L. M. Rheem, Helena. 

Nebraska — J. E. Miller, State House, Lincoln. 

Nevada — 

New Hampshire — Gen. Frank S. Streeter ; Rev. John Knox Tibbits, Con- 
cord. 

New Jersey — Dr. John Grier Hibben. Princeton ; George Megrew, Plain- 
field ; A. H. Baldwin, 752 Broad Street, Newark. 

New Mexico — 

New York— Dr. John H. Finley, Education Building. Albany; Charles R. 
Barge, Belgian Relief Fund, 71 Broadway, New York. 

North Carolina— Dr. S. Westray Battle, Asheville. 

North Dakota— Gov. L. B. Hanna, Bismarck. 

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Ohio— Edward Drummond Libbey, Nicholas Building, Toledo; O. K. 
Shimansky, Board of Commerce Building, Columbus. 

Oklahoma — Gov. R. L. Williams, Oklahoma City; G. G. Sohlberg, Acme 
Milling Company, Oklahoma City. 

Oregon— Samuel Hill ; Theodore B. Wilcox, Portland. 

Pennsylvania— Wm. A. Glasgow, Jr.; Albert Cross, Real Estate Trust 
Building, Philadelphia. 

Rhode Island — 

South Carolina— Bruce Walker Ravenel, 1218 Washington St., Columbia. 

South Dakota— Hon. Frank M. Byrne, Pierre. 

Tennessee — 

Texas — 

Utah— 

Vermont— Rt. Rev. George W. Bliss, D.D. ; Mrs. Joseph Auld, 424 South 
Union Street, Burlington. 

Virginia — Col. H. M. Boykin, Richmond. 

Washington — Hon. Thomas Burke, President, Chamber of Commerce, 
Seattle. 

West Virginia — 

Wisconsin — E. P. Arpin, Grand Rapids; A. D. Campbell, Milwaukee. 

Wyoming — 

Hawaii — W. R. Castle, Honolulu. 




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"A Little Help Is Worth a Deal of Pity' 



,LlBR«py OP 



S^NGRESS 




Make Your Own 
Christmas Happy 



